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Hob decided to go toe-to-reptilian-foot-like-appendage with an optional tutorial boss called Vanguard. It’s far from the series’ steepest challenge, but it presents some specific challenges for a no-hit run. Vanguard’s strikes often scatter rubble that flies in a difficult-to-predict pattern. Hob wasn’t having much trouble avoiding that, but one of his post-dodge follow-up strikes left him out of position, at which point Vanguard turned ever so slightly, nicking Hob in the process.

A picture of poise and focus up until that moment, Hob immediately yelped in anguish. “No. Fuck! NOOOOOOOOOOOO,” he yelled. “No, dude. No! Not the fucking Vanguard!”

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Pacing off screen in dejection, Hob explained why this defeat was especially devastating.

“You know why we fight that boss, motherfuckers?” he said. “So that there’s 69 bosses. We fight that guy entirely so that there’s 69 bosses. Because lol.”